CET- Comunicado - ";ultimaHoraHtml += " " + json.lead + "";}ultimaHoraHtml += ""; document.getElementById("urgente").innerHTML = ultimaHoraHtml; } } }); COMUNICADO: Merck and BioMed X Institute Extend Collaboration to Continue Novel Research in Oncology and Autoimmunity - MERCK KGAA/PR NEWSWIRE - Merck to support up to six additional research projects at the BioMed X Institute in Heidelberg within the next six years - Call for application for a global crowdsourcing project, 'Regulatory T Cell Dysfunction in Autoimmunity and Inflammaging' DARMSTADT, Germany, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the extension of its ongoing collaboration with BioMed X, Heidelberg, Germany. Under the new agreement, Merck will start up to six additional research projects at the BioMed X Institute, building on ongoing research projects in the fields of oncology (DNA damage response and RNA splicing) and autoimmunity (intestinal epithelial barrier in autoimmune diseases). The next joint global crowdsourcing project will explore mechanisms of immune senescence and mitochondrial dysfunction in regulatory T cells and other T cell subsets that are shared in human autoimmunity and aging.